I'm an am photographer who does some professional gigs on the side. My other job (EPKs for bands) takes up more of my time so I haven't dedicated too much to photography lately...but hopefully that will change.

I'm a photography major attending the Southeast Center for Photography Studies in the Sates. It's my second semester now. I switched from illustration (wanted to be a comic book illustrator since I was 10 and found out it was actually a job). I'm building a small website, but waiting until I have some better prints under my belt before advertising myself. For now I started a Flickr account specifically for the work that I plan to put on my site. It only has two at the moment. By the end of this semester a professor that has really taken me under his wing is going to go through all my images with me and help me edit them out. FlickrI'm in the merit program at school and one of my Holga prints is being put up in permanent instillation in the building this week. I've never had a gallery show or anything yet so that's pretty huge for me. This is the print:

This is my most favorite picture I have ever taken:

And this is me: I'm the redhead and really do not have many pictures of myself in front of the camera looking normal.

I suppose dedicated amateur fits me pretty well. I have done a couple of actual photoshoots, but I haven't charged anything for them, so... amateur. I shoot mostly digital, but will probably make a transition to film as soon as I can afford a proper darkroom. All my shots are sent to my Flickr, which is here. I have little use for an online portfolio these days, so I haven't got one.

This one's from a band rehearsal, shot with 400 ISO Tri-X film. The scanner I used was really dusty, pardon the poor quality!

This one's from my latest shoot. Pretty boring, I guess, but I was very pleased with how the lighting and colour tone turned out.

I just do this as a hobby, although currently unemployed and dreaming. I am a purely digital kid, and find film a strange and unsettling world. I shoot with an entry-level Canon DSLR. I feel I have never got the hang of taking pictures of humans.

I will go ahead and take this thread as my opportunity for my first post. My name is Ross, I am a college student in Florida. Here are my very amateur photographs done for two different classes. Intro to Photog and Experimental.....These first three photos were taken using push processing in very low light...my first attempt at blending photos, thought they went well together wasn't really trying to send a message though but I was called pretentious for this photo already! yay.had to shoot a fairy tale subject....one guess as to who that is and this is my first attempt with a digital camera and post processing....still learning all of that.But yeah those are some of my photos, sorry for flooding the page.

I like traditional photography. I've got a nice 35 mm I bought for a Black and White class my last semester of college. I want to get a macro-lens so I can take some better close up insect and reptile pics. I don't have any of my photos scanned but I've got a few framed around my house. My favorite was a close up of a "grandaddy long legs" against a starkly pale leaf...I have his eyes reflecting the light...it's neat...(I feel lame describing it and not posting it but my scanners not working currently)

I am however going to be getting digital copies made of my dad's old film. When I was an infant my dad, mom, and I traveled all over Europe, visiting all the sites. I ended up going to museums, castles, and other awesome places that I can't remember. My dad took a bunch of pics and I've kept the film for the last twenty some years. We dug them out recently and coincidentally my dad mentioned getting them printed.Once I do I'll post a bunch of them. They were really nice.

I've been making pretenses lately at being an amateur photographer. Trying to take enough pics with my point-n-shoot that I can justify the expense of a D-SLR, and just got a Nikkormat that's older than I am so I can muck about with film. Obviously new at all this, so still trying to nail down the basics.

I do mostly pics of children. I'm boring like that. But then again, I've only been getting back into photography about two months ago. relearning everything in digital. (my original Nikon FG was stolen many years ago) But I do think the classes I took in college helped me with composition and all that stuff.

Sorry I'm not as hip and exciting as everyone else here. I like my stuff though. Playing more and more with post-prod.